British Literature Module 4.9
Study Guide: British Literature (Excellence in Literature, English 4)
Focus Text: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (introduction by Eudora Welty)
Honors Texts: Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis (3 books)
EIL 4.9 Context Resources
These links represent only the online resources referenced in this module. Instructions, background information, offline resources, and assignments are all found in the Excellence in Literature study guide listed above.
Readings
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/20century/topic_2_05/ welcome.htm
https://excellence-in-literature.com/victorianmodern-comparison-by-melba-cuddy-keane
https://excellence-in-literature.com/to-the-lighthouse-study-guide-by-cathy-decker
The Author’s Life
http://www.biography.com/people/virginia-woolf-9536773
Poetry
Hopkins: https://excellence-in-literature.com/richard-austin-recites-hopkins-poetry
http://www.eaglesweb.com/Sub_Pages/hopkins_poems.htm
https://excellence-in-literature.com/gerard-manley-hopkins-poetry
http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/hopkins/
Yeats: https://excellence-in-literature.com/the-second-coming-by-william-butler-yeats
Eliot: https://excellence-in-literature.com/t-s-eliot-poetry
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poets/eliot-thomas-stearns
Auden: http://poetrypages.lemon8.nl/life/musee/museebeauxarts.htm
Audio
To the Lighthouse narrated by Juliet Stevenson
https://excellence-in-literature.com/virginia-woolf-radio-recording
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93184407
Music
http://www.pbs.org/keepingscore/stravinsky-rite-of-spring.html
Visual Arts
Realism: William Bouguereau’s (1825–1905) The Knitting Girl (1869)
Paul Cezanne’s Self-Portrait (1879)
Cubism: Pablo Picasso’s Le guitariste [Guitar Player] (1910)
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/20century/topic_2_05/illustrations.htm
http://www.lookaroundcornwall.com/beaches/godrevy-lighthouse.htm
Historic Context
http://www2.tate.org.uk/archivejourneys/bloomsburyhtml/
Places to Go
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/monks-house/?p=1356307088253
Index of British Literature context link pages
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British Literature Texts (recommended editions)
British Lit study guide, and links to focus and honors texts (opens in a new tab at the author’s Everyday Education site)